Mesdag & Colenbrander – a shared Fascination with Ceramics
Somewhere along the line, it has become my personal mission to promote Dutch Art Nouveau to a broader (inter-)national audience. …
Author Archives: Olga Harmsen
The Intoxicating Effect of Beauty
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund A few weeks ago, I accepted a very kind invitation from the Museum für Kunst …
Treasure hunting at the BRAFA – always a pleasure!
Every year I look forward to visiting the Brussels Art Fair (BRAFA), and this year was no different. Like usual, …
Kachō-ga. The Poetry of Japanese Nature
During the Christmas holidays, I decided to visit Japanmuseum SieboldHuis in Leiden as they appeared to have a fairly interesting exhibition …
Art Nouveau Museum Budapest
Last week, I made a short trip to Budapest. And I had not one, but two Art Nouveau museums on my …
Mozart’s Requiem: An Illuminated Manuscript
In this day and age of digital illustrations and Photoshop, Matt Hughes might be one of a dying breed. In …
William Morris would turn over in his grave
In September, I learned through Social Media that H&M was planning on launching a Fall Collection with famous prints from …
Art Nouveau in The Netherlands
Honestly, I have been procrastinating to write about this exhibition for months as I couldn’t figure out where to start. There …
Two Dutch Architects in Paris
A few weeks ago I received an incredibly interesting book in the mail. The book is called Two Dutch architects …
Barcelona 2018 – Day 3
After that spectacular 2nd day, there was still more to come! For one, I was looking forward to Paul Greenhalgh’s …
